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Identifying the Meta-Forms of Situations: A Case-Study in Computational Semiotics

Danesi, Marcel; Neuman, Yair; Cohen, Yochai; Assaf, Dan - In: International Journal of Semiotics and Visual Rhetoric … 1 (2017) 1, pp. 56-71

Various tasks of computing meaning involve the identification, representation and processing of interconnected and recurrent patterns known as situations, context, frames or forms. In this paper, the authors propose a novel computational - semiotics approach for addressing various tasks of...

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Protection of Consumer Rights

Pllana, Mustafe; Kukaj, Shyhrete - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economies … 5 (2016) 2, pp. 49-61

At the end of Ninteenth century and beginning of Twentieth entry starts a movement with name consumerism. The consumerists' movement, (in domain of politics) is consumer protection which seeks to protect and inform consumers by requiring such practices as honest packaging and advertising,...

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The Dialogues of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi Fraud: An Exploration of the Discourses of Greed, Cliques, Peer Pressure, and Error

West, Joel - In: International Journal of Semiotics and Visual Rhetoric … 1 (2017) 1, pp. 47-55

Bernie Madoff defrauded billions of dollars from his victims. The crime of fraud and the so called sin of greed have … been with us throughout known human history. Instead of looking at mere greed as the cause for fraud, this retrospective of … Bernie Madoff's fraud will examine the other reasons why, despite multiple warnings and red flags, smart savvy people who had …

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Investigating Factors Influencing the Quality of Crowdsourced Work under Different Incentives: Some Empirical Results

Mourelatos, Evangelos; Tzagarakis, Manolis - In: International Journal of Innovation in the Digital … 7 (2016) 2, pp. 15-31

contributions from a large group of people. In this paper, the authors attempt to investigate how different incentives affect the … incentives, different factors contribute to the quality of work in crowdsourcing tasks. In general the research highlights that …

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The Impact of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme on Township Hospitals' Utilization and Income Structure in Weifang Prefecture, China

Audibert, Martine; Mathonnat, Jacky; Pélissier, Aurore; … - In: International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics … 6 (2017) 1, pp. 23-33

The New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme was gradually introduced from 2003 in China. This paper is based on a representative survey of 24 randomly selected township hospitals in Weifang prefecture over the period 2000-2008. Using a generalized form of differences-in-differences model, it aims...

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Authorship Pattern in Interdisciplinary Studies: Implications for Knowledge Transfer and Holistic Coverage of Nigeria

Usman, Muhammad Kabiru - In: International Journal of Library and Information … 7 (2018) 2, pp. 34-42

The study was carried out to examine articles published in Bayero Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies (BJIS). The study was carried out quantitatively, 61 articles published in the Bayero Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies from 2008- 2013 were surveyed to carry out the study and descriptive...

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No deal: German researchers’ publishing and citing behaviors after Big Deal negotiations with Elsevier

Fraser, Nicolas; Hobert, Anne; Jahn, Najko; Mayr, Philipp - In: Quantitative Science Studies 4 (2023) 2, pp. 325-352

In 2014, a union of German research organizations established Projekt DEAL, a national-level project to negotiate licensing agreements with large scientific publishers. Negotiations between DEAL and Elsevier began in 2016, and broke down without a successful agreement in 2018; during this time,...

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Impact Assessment of a National Park Under the Auspices of Unesco

Baourakis, George; Fakotakis, George; Drakos, Periklis; … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economies … 5 (2016) 3, pp. 68-84

Crete features many protected areas of exceptional natural beauty that attract thousands of visitors every season. Many local enterprises count on that touristic activity to increase their revenues. One of the most important and well known protected areas of Crete is the Samaria National Park....

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